diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
index cb9c42965..7d6322692 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ bundled-sqlite = ["matrix-sdk-sqlite/bundled"]
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-futures-util = "0.3.28"
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 hmac = "0.12.1"
 http = { workspace = true }
 matrix-sdk-common = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/examples/backups/Cargo.toml b/examples/backups/Cargo.toml
index 284e8ed4d..e47617586 100644
--- a/examples/backups/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/backups/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test = false
 anyhow = "1"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0.15", features = ["derive"] }
-futures-util = "0.3.24"
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 # when copy-pasting this, please use a git dependency or make sure that you
diff --git a/examples/emoji_verification/Cargo.toml b/examples/emoji_verification/Cargo.toml
index 0367c6277..de29860ac 100644
--- a/examples/emoji_verification/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/emoji_verification/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test = false
 anyhow = "1"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0.15", features = ["derive"] }
-futures-util = "0.3.24"
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
 # when copy-pasting this, please use a git dependency or make sure that you
diff --git a/examples/oidc_cli/Cargo.toml b/examples/oidc_cli/Cargo.toml
index 83f9e58b0..6db367456 100644
--- a/examples/oidc_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/oidc_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test = false
 anyhow = "1"
 axum = "0.7.4"
 dirs = "5.0.1"
-futures-util = { version = "0.3.21", default-features = false }
+futures-util = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 matrix-sdk-ui = { path = "../../crates/matrix-sdk-ui" }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml b/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
index 75f44b597..f0c5818e9 100644
--- a/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0.15", features = ["derive"] }
 qrcode = { git = "https://github.com/kennytm/qrcode-rust/" }
-futures-util = "0.3.24"
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = "2.3.1"
 
diff --git a/examples/timeline/Cargo.toml b/examples/timeline/Cargo.toml
index fbbfe3d67..bb6644143 100644
--- a/examples/timeline/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/timeline/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test = false
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1"
 clap = { version = "4.0.16", features = ["derive"] }
-futures-util = "0.3"
+futures-util = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }